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health of global jihad has claimed responsibility tonight in response to the country's involvement in afghanistan and in a separate attack up to thirty bodies no it's been reported have been reported by witnesses after a loaded gun when opened fire at a youth rally outside the capital. also e.u. leaders agreeing on a second bailout for greece sparked fears over the union delving deeper into debt with experts predicting it's now up to growing economies to dominate global finance . welcome it's eleven pm this is our team our name is kevin owen here in moscow with the top story in the main news dominating norway's been shaken by double terror attacks tonight first the center of all those been hit by huge blast bomb and the blast damaged parliamentary buildings including the prime minister's office where at least seven were killed but the pm himself is said to be not then a gunman one of the shooting spree at a youth camp by witnesses report claims of up to thirty there that may have been killed police say they fear there may also be explosives in the grounds are says general logan is in oslo she joi
health of global jihad has claimed responsibility tonight in response to the country's involvement in afghanistan and in a separate attack up to thirty bodies no it's been reported have been reported by witnesses after a loaded gun when opened fire at a youth rally outside the capital. also e.u. leaders agreeing on a second bailout for greece sparked fears over the union delving deeper into debt with experts predicting it's now up to growing economies to dominate global finance . welcome it's...
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even though we are in two wars in afghanistan in and in libya so people are rather surprised shocked. those say that people mostly on twitter feed certainly social. and trying to. jump to conclusions too early i have to say though the latest breaking news essentially that the police officer he was drawn to this can and. should be juve. he is actually tall and blonde and that he has according to the newspapers a norwegian works. so this is this is rather or might be more complicated than we think it's too early to tell. dr will mccann from the center for naval analysis says the helpers of the global jihad who initially claimed responsibility for the attack have now recanted that statement he adds europe is now facing a different kind of threat the statement came out around ten thirty this morning u.s. time. no one challenged it for several hours but then by the afternoon the same person who had posted the claim posted a retraction and apparently it seems that the forum administrator is where he posted the claim had gotten angry for him attributing it to this group helpers of the global
even though we are in two wars in afghanistan in and in libya so people are rather surprised shocked. those say that people mostly on twitter feed certainly social. and trying to. jump to conclusions too early i have to say though the latest breaking news essentially that the police officer he was drawn to this can and. should be juve. he is actually tall and blonde and that he has according to the newspapers a norwegian works. so this is this is rather or might be more complicated than we...
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even though we are in two wars afghanistan and libya so people are rather surprised shocked. those people mostly on twitter feed certainly social they're. trying to. jump to conclusions too early i have to say though the latest breaking news is that actually the police officer he was going to this can and. should be juve. he is actually a tall and blonde and he has according to newspapers and norwegian works. so this is this is rather might be more complicated than we think it's too early to tell. indeed that was recorded just as the news was coming through just a minute or two later that the the helpers of global jihad said they take responsibility of course doesn't necessarily mean that they did do it let's discuss this issue with. an analyst from the center for naval analysis dr will mccann thanks for joining us live from the united states tonight from virginia there much appreciate it unconfirmed reports of this group i just mentioned there that help was a global jihad claiming responsibility for the attack how grounded could those statements be do you think what we know
even though we are in two wars afghanistan and libya so people are rather surprised shocked. those people mostly on twitter feed certainly social they're. trying to. jump to conclusions too early i have to say though the latest breaking news is that actually the police officer he was going to this can and. should be juve. he is actually a tall and blonde and he has according to newspapers and norwegian works. so this is this is rather might be more complicated than we think it's too early to...
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well they certainly are all the more recent to continue the war in afghanistan and the new war is that nato countries are involved in against your movement in somalia of course the libya operation going on is a good reason to say well these muslim terrorists will go after anybody they'll do it in their own countries they'll do it in america they'll do it across europe if we're if we don't target these people and get rid of them we'll keep inciting these incidents and killing innocent people and the trouble to scare them that people in countries especially in america believe this when in fact i know for a fact there's stories that written about the innocent people challenge that america was written about dozens of them falsely charged all of them muslims mostly occasionally a woman. written about it least five dozen of them i have yet to find a single person of any crime but they're all in christian some of them serving ways terms the public is traumatized in the imperial wars go war and these are just scandal it's it's a court topic clearly i deal with all the time ok silliman i know y
well they certainly are all the more recent to continue the war in afghanistan and the new war is that nato countries are involved in against your movement in somalia of course the libya operation going on is a good reason to say well these muslim terrorists will go after anybody they'll do it in their own countries they'll do it in america they'll do it across europe if we're if we don't target these people and get rid of them we'll keep inciting these incidents and killing innocent people and...
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all the warming but then they retracted that of course norway is is participating in the libyan and afghanistan war if it's this cold of nato and just last winter there were dozens of islamic militants arrested throughout western europe in connection with with planned bombings police have told people to stay out of the city center to avoid using mobile phones the exits to the borders of norway were shot to immediately after the flaws turned roads leading into and trains leading into the capital we're also halted now we've heard that soldiers are on the streets with machine guns police also and it's being called the worst attack since world war two the worst shooting spree in history. number of extremist organizations have already claimed responsibility for the attack and many of the recent talk one way. home and rest will correspond pennants investigator this could be an individual that is organized and perpetuated this on the one hand on the other hand it seems fairly coordinated in three different places in surprising it happened in the same time if it was the same individual so we may say it
all the warming but then they retracted that of course norway is is participating in the libyan and afghanistan war if it's this cold of nato and just last winter there were dozens of islamic militants arrested throughout western europe in connection with with planned bombings police have told people to stay out of the city center to avoid using mobile phones the exits to the borders of norway were shot to immediately after the flaws turned roads leading into and trains leading into the capital...
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mean we're essentially bankrupt elements of that of our nation in order to win this war in iraq and afghanistan and i'm glad my point is that we can be expending energy there by choice smarter than we are if you understand the relationship between energy efficiency and military effectiveness and you can see we can win the war and we can actually actually save a lot of money and i'm hoping that secretary panetta will do something about that my point is that there is a very simple easy pragmatic approach and that is essentially insulating our structures in iraq and afghanistan and we can say really we're presently spending about twenty billion dollars a year simply girlish thing inefficient structures in our economy itself but i think that americans should be outraged that we're not doing more better energy consumer energy in a smart way pakistan is turning up he told washington urging americans to leave a minute drone strikes on the afghan border region have been launched from the site pakistan's been protesting against the attacks by unions calling them a violation of its sovereignty and ones h
mean we're essentially bankrupt elements of that of our nation in order to win this war in iraq and afghanistan and i'm glad my point is that we can be expending energy there by choice smarter than we are if you understand the relationship between energy efficiency and military effectiveness and you can see we can win the war and we can actually actually save a lot of money and i'm hoping that secretary panetta will do something about that my point is that there is a very simple easy pragmatic...
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armed actions nato from libya to afghanistan are. the basis for some backlash and whether that by fresh comes from a libyan group or more generally from an islamic group that's his whole star. is the same and i have to say we should remember that back in oklahoma city in one thousand five hundred. us there were. there we left. we were islamic terrorists and it turned out to work out very fast and i'm going to. start with the u.s. so with the proviso that we should go to our local celebrities the most likely explanation is obviously they're always going to come in. and attack and i think really for two reasons one is the boldness and the other is perhaps. this trash economic power of an islamic group but i see no way as a source. if you think about it places like london or paris. targets of terrorist attacks over the years and even raid quite dramatic attack on a promise. to her. members is going to. really have such an effect and little carrousel perhaps in a way that's a very peaceful very quiet for a long time. any more important i
armed actions nato from libya to afghanistan are. the basis for some backlash and whether that by fresh comes from a libyan group or more generally from an islamic group that's his whole star. is the same and i have to say we should remember that back in oklahoma city in one thousand five hundred. us there were. there we left. we were islamic terrorists and it turned out to work out very fast and i'm going to. start with the u.s. so with the proviso that we should go to our local celebrities...
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policy or the lack of faith regarding pakistan and afghanistan no less has been said about of the nato operation or actually aerial intervention and bombing in libya take a closer look at how the nato aerial bombing in libya is related to american try vies in afghanistan and pakistan on a technical basis yes they nato intervention and indiscriminate bombing in libya could be both the united states and major operation but technicalities aside it is not just a turn a half wars for the united states in reality if not on the ground at least in the air over a levy a very bombing is one hundred percent nato operation timing of nato operation against libya demonstrated not only of the lack of trust between the united states and pakistan and have been leadership it is also indicative of a huge credibility gap going to be in june you lie and united states of america and its european nato partners coming up this hour i'll go and i'll speak with alexis crow from the u.k.'s royal institute of international affairs about nato's role in the libyan conflict here's a sneak peak. if you look in the int
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a very simple easy pragmatic approach and that is essentially insulating our structures in iraq and afghanistan and we can say really we're presently spending about twenty billion dollars a year simply dirty dish being inefficient structures in our economy as well i think americans should be outraged that we're not doing more to spend or energy consumer energy in a smart way pakistan is turning up he told washington urging americans to leave a military and these drone strikes on the afghan border region have been launched from the site pakistan's been protesting against the attacks for unions calling them nation of its sovereignty dry bones have killed schools of civilians by mistake on many occasions pakistani political analyst ahmed cray she believes the violence will continue until washington ends its war on terror. one of the main reasons for the for the continuation of violent activity on the pakistan of gonna stand border is the mess that the us military has created inside of coniston over the past decade the mass there the way they have alienated a large portion segment of the afghan pop
a very simple easy pragmatic approach and that is essentially insulating our structures in iraq and afghanistan and we can say really we're presently spending about twenty billion dollars a year simply dirty dish being inefficient structures in our economy as well i think americans should be outraged that we're not doing more to spend or energy consumer energy in a smart way pakistan is turning up he told washington urging americans to leave a military and these drone strikes on the afghan...
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i think it will just convince more people in afghanistan that the war isn't helping them but it is actually killing and injuring more and more people so isn't working isn't going to work when you have a war where the risk of growing insurgency will play all sorts of people who are victims of this and children are obviously one of the worst of the casualties the only solution to this is to sell you a war isn't working it has there is absolutely no justification for nato forces to be there and that they should withdraw the troops this is now coming up to the tenth anniversary of the war and there is absolutely no question that this war is not getting better it is getting worse it is almost certain that whatever settlement eventually comes in afghanistan it will involve the taliban in some capacity nearly everybody now recognizes this so what is the point of continuing this war the point of continuing this war is because the americans and the british and their allies cannot admit defeat in the second country are to what happened in iraq that is why they're there they are there in order to prop
i think it will just convince more people in afghanistan that the war isn't helping them but it is actually killing and injuring more and more people so isn't working isn't going to work when you have a war where the risk of growing insurgency will play all sorts of people who are victims of this and children are obviously one of the worst of the casualties the only solution to this is to sell you a war isn't working it has there is absolutely no justification for nato forces to be there and...
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policy from the unilateral troublemaking in afghanistan and pakistan to a comprehensive regional policy we have the shanghai cooperation organization as being the true and reliable partner for the united states instead of nato that who provided the brand new opportunities both for united states pakistan and its neighbors to jumpstart totally new regional security policies that will benefit to all parties concerned now let's take a look at some of the stories from around the world. birds are on their way in thailand to form a new coalition government which will bring the country's first ever female prime minister to power that's after the opposition party won a landslide victory in sunday's general election taney a clear majority of seats in the parliament its leader forty four year old. is the sister of the country's exiled leader toppled in an army coup five years ago it's hoped the election and the country's long running political crisis. the ailing venezuelan president hugo chavez may stay in cuba for cancer treatment for up to half a year it's already almost a month since he arrived
policy from the unilateral troublemaking in afghanistan and pakistan to a comprehensive regional policy we have the shanghai cooperation organization as being the true and reliable partner for the united states instead of nato that who provided the brand new opportunities both for united states pakistan and its neighbors to jumpstart totally new regional security policies that will benefit to all parties concerned now let's take a look at some of the stories from around the world. birds are on...
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but the united nations says nato took over the afghanistan campaign. and there we find another find of the coffee out. it turns out -- caveat. it turns out some allies simply do not wish to make more where there were no shooting battles. some did it one to fight unless they have helicopters there were all of these rules than pretty soon we started to see the folks who wanted to send soldiers out to the field to have almost insulting checklist so this starts to develop in buy the way i am very careful when a make a statement about the caveat because i don't mean in any way to cut down on the bravery of the troops who are helping us americans out there. and the germans are not very willing to fight because of a historical precedent. it is very difficult for the germans to get over second world war history. please don't and feud any other motive into that. so now you have a copy ought with afghanistan where we're not prepared to use the allies because it is a different kind of four in technology have left them behind and estonia started to do something th
but the united nations says nato took over the afghanistan campaign. and there we find another find of the coffee out. it turns out -- caveat. it turns out some allies simply do not wish to make more where there were no shooting battles. some did it one to fight unless they have helicopters there were all of these rules than pretty soon we started to see the folks who wanted to send soldiers out to the field to have almost insulting checklist so this starts to develop in buy the way i am very...
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campaign in afghanistan please bring you an expert opinion on what the new patent on chief has to do finally to stop bloodshed in the region pledge and animal hard saving human lives russian doctors give new lives to young girls i'm planning a unique artificial valve made from pig's heart. and then in the year in iraq is military journalist. some ways to go in the u.s. contractors there's kind of wasting their time trying to get killed for you. i thought oh he was willing to do stuff leave it out by from a. huge leave a twenty seven days going to publicize it if you invite the right who believes he's started to be have a dialogue with his. troops in the slowly nurse review some of these homes he's. led. for. mine. right and if you move from phones to the pressure. starts on t.v. . watching r.t. live from moscow pro palestinian activists say they're determined to deliver humanitarian aid to gaza the spy the greek government banning their ships from leaving ports. they staged a hunger strike at a protest rally against the ruling you've also reportedly rejected a suggestion by the greek
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provides a more mercenaries for the us in afghanistan than anybody else and has been implicated in a number of scandals as contractors who were accused of gunning down seventeen unarmed civilians in back in two thousand and seven for which no one has been punished the company is due an even bigger role in afghanistan and the u.s. about to double its private army to replace departing troops meanwhile the un wants tighter control over most injuries to protect human rights but as artie's garniture can reports it's more convenient for the u.s. to use hired her hands and hired guns since their actions slip under the radar. this iraqi men son nine year old allie khilnani was shot dead by private american war contractors four years ago his brain felt something ground between my feet and on the same day dozens of other innocent iraqis were shot by trigger happy us professional killers like they were trying to everyone they could see no one at blackwater the firm for whom the hired guns work has been punished for the massacre two other private american security companies were contracted to ca
provides a more mercenaries for the us in afghanistan than anybody else and has been implicated in a number of scandals as contractors who were accused of gunning down seventeen unarmed civilians in back in two thousand and seven for which no one has been punished the company is due an even bigger role in afghanistan and the u.s. about to double its private army to replace departing troops meanwhile the un wants tighter control over most injuries to protect human rights but as artie's garniture...
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even though we are in two wars afghanistan and libya also people are rather surprised shocked. those people mostly on twitter feeds social. coleman in trying to not jump to conclusions too early. if this is a terror attack and it is early days in the say first and foremost our thoughts are with the family and friends of the dead and injured tonight but the speculation is obviously happening about who could be behind this who do you think might be behind it. well a little bit early i have to say though the latest breaking news is. actually the police officer he was going to this can and has been should he give. the politicians he is actually a tall and blonde and that he has according to newspapers a norwegian work. so this is this is rather or might be more complicated than we think of to tell there there are some reports that are already of the news agency saying that the police are linking these to. the guy making the shoot of that was shooting at this youth is reported to have been dressed in police clothing always think doesn't necessarily mean it's pretty easy or policeman
even though we are in two wars afghanistan and libya also people are rather surprised shocked. those people mostly on twitter feeds social. coleman in trying to not jump to conclusions too early. if this is a terror attack and it is early days in the say first and foremost our thoughts are with the family and friends of the dead and injured tonight but the speculation is obviously happening about who could be behind this who do you think might be behind it. well a little bit early i have to say...
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participating in the libyan and afghanistan war if it's just part of nato and they just last winter there were dozens of islamic militants arista throughout western europe in connection with the planned bombings police has told people to stay out of the city center to avoid using mobile phones the exits to the borders of norway was shot immediately after the blast and roads leading into and trains leading into the capital rules so halted now we've we've heard that soldiers are on the streets with machine guns police also and it's being called the worst attack since world war two perhaps the worst shooting spree in history what he's done a bushel reporting that only time but norwegian prime minister has said that more democracy and openness is the answer to the violence but hello us from the norwegian institute of international affairs believes it's the country's policies of multiculturalism that turn the gunman against his own people. behind an increasingly. intense and heated debate about immigration. both immigration is doing to the region culture no to culturalism is really not the way
participating in the libyan and afghanistan war if it's just part of nato and they just last winter there were dozens of islamic militants arista throughout western europe in connection with the planned bombings police has told people to stay out of the city center to avoid using mobile phones the exits to the borders of norway was shot immediately after the blast and roads leading into and trains leading into the capital rules so halted now we've we've heard that soldiers are on the streets...
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in afghanistan than anyone else and has been implicated in a number of scandals with its contractors were accused of gunning down seventeen civilians in baghdad in two thousand and seven for which no one has been punished well the company is due an even bigger role in afghanistan the u.s. about to double its private army to replace departing troops meanwhile the un wants tighter control over mercenaries to protect human rights but as our. reports it's more convenient for the u.s. to use hard guns since their actions slip under the radar. this iraqi men son nine year old nani was shot dead by private american war contractors four years ago is bringing shelter between might on the same day dozens of other innocent iraqis were shot by trigger happy u.s. professional killers like they were trying to everyone they could see no one at blackwater the firm for whom the hired guns worked.
in afghanistan than anyone else and has been implicated in a number of scandals with its contractors were accused of gunning down seventeen civilians in baghdad in two thousand and seven for which no one has been punished well the company is due an even bigger role in afghanistan the u.s. about to double its private army to replace departing troops meanwhile the un wants tighter control over mercenaries to protect human rights but as our. reports it's more convenient for the u.s. to use hard...
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in afghanistan it's reported that human rights violations and even killings are committed by security firms on a regular basis to an extent set to undermine call the forces counterinsurgency efforts will start firing at anything that moves in general kill innocent afghans they'll destroy property we're getting fairly consistent complaints about them everybody knows somebody who's been shot by a contract. the lack of accountability has forced the united nations working group on mercenaries to push for specific international measures to regulate their activities especially now as u.s. military forces withdraw from iraq and afghanistan the number of contractors is said to grow dramatically u.s. growth. source many. functions to these security companies they are not related in that they are not control and this is what we are extremely concerned that what we are calling is for relation to be national in at the international level so there is going to need accountable but washington is reluctant to lead an international body regulate their kid it is saying it will find ways to hold contrac
in afghanistan it's reported that human rights violations and even killings are committed by security firms on a regular basis to an extent set to undermine call the forces counterinsurgency efforts will start firing at anything that moves in general kill innocent afghans they'll destroy property we're getting fairly consistent complaints about them everybody knows somebody who's been shot by a contract. the lack of accountability has forced the united nations working group on mercenaries to...
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policy or a delegate for you to regarding pakistan and afghanistan no less has been said above the nato operation or actually aerial intervention and bombing in libya take a closer look at how the nato aerial bombing in libya is related to american tries in afghanistan and pakistan on the technical basis yes the nato intervention and indiscriminate bombing in libya could be both the united states and nato operation but technicalities it is not just a tune a half wars for the united states in reality if not on the ground at least in the air over a levy it very bombing these one hundred percent nato operation of nature operation against libya demonstrated not on the local trust between the united states and take a stand and have good leadership it is also indicative of a huge credibility gap between the junior united states of america and its european nato partners oh you can always follow you've given can solve the idea of a lock and of course many others on our website arts and dot com and all the stories you'll find there it's a joy for the photographers convicted of spying for russia
policy or a delegate for you to regarding pakistan and afghanistan no less has been said above the nato operation or actually aerial intervention and bombing in libya take a closer look at how the nato aerial bombing in libya is related to american tries in afghanistan and pakistan on the technical basis yes the nato intervention and indiscriminate bombing in libya could be both the united states and nato operation but technicalities it is not just a tune a half wars for the united states in...
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forces in afghanistan lebanon somalia uganda norway has committed to claims to the bombing in libya and they were previously involved in iraq and it's that that wouldn't be surprising either but. again back to the culture of morton always the fourteenth largest arms importer in the world the highest military expenditures per capita in all of the european countries and yeah it makes a lot of sense that this could be coming back on norway just like you know the chickens come home to roost. from our common history that. highlights always involvement campaigns as a possible catalyst tensions in the area. the most likely explanation is that norway's involvement as a nato member in armed actions flying nato from libya to afghanistan will have the basis for some backlash now whether the backlash comes from a libyan group or more generally from an islamic group that is hostile to religion nato involvement. is obviously yet to be seen and i have to say you should remember that back in oklahoma city in one thousand nine hundred five one was a huge bomb of the federal. it would be left it must be
forces in afghanistan lebanon somalia uganda norway has committed to claims to the bombing in libya and they were previously involved in iraq and it's that that wouldn't be surprising either but. again back to the culture of morton always the fourteenth largest arms importer in the world the highest military expenditures per capita in all of the european countries and yeah it makes a lot of sense that this could be coming back on norway just like you know the chickens come home to roost. from...
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policy or the lack of faith or regarding pakistan and afghanistan no less has been said about the nato operation or actually aerial intervention and bombing in libya take a close a look at how the nato aerial bombing in libya is related to american try vies in afghanistan and pakistan on the technical basis yes of a nato intervention and indiscriminate bombing in libya could be both the united states and nato operation but technicalities aside it is not just a tune and a half wars for the united states in reality if not on the ground at least in the air over a lead the bombing is one hundred percent a nato operation the timing of nato operation against libya demonstrated not on the lack of trust between the united states and pakistan and afghan leadership it is also indicative of a huge credibility gap between the genuine united states of america and its year of paean nato partners. he with its he now the u.s. has moved a step closer to defaulting on its debts the latest round of talks to raise the country's debt ceiling collapsed when a republican opposition leader stormed out of nego
policy or the lack of faith or regarding pakistan and afghanistan no less has been said about the nato operation or actually aerial intervention and bombing in libya take a close a look at how the nato aerial bombing in libya is related to american try vies in afghanistan and pakistan on the technical basis yes of a nato intervention and indiscriminate bombing in libya could be both the united states and nato operation but technicalities aside it is not just a tune and a half wars for the...
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troops are committed to afghanistan until two thousand and fourteen some u.s. officials say many more years into the future baby what's needed people are still dying just today more than twenty people including a b.b.c. reporter were killed in a suicide attack the taliban claimed responsibility for that one and in iraq this week in the country's leaders are supposed to decide whether or not they'll ask u.s. troops to stay be on the december withdrawal deadline the u.s. of course is offering them and then there's u.s. involvement in libya along with covert operations at some point to war in places like pakistan yemen and somalia so here to talk about all of this going on and what we really need to be focusing on is blue in a sense she is foreign policy analyst at the cato institute thank you for being here thank you now i know that this is something that you focus on when you travel to pakistan and you travel to afghanistan as well i'm curious how you read the violence that we've seen recently against u.s. officials statements because today we have an attack by
troops are committed to afghanistan until two thousand and fourteen some u.s. officials say many more years into the future baby what's needed people are still dying just today more than twenty people including a b.b.c. reporter were killed in a suicide attack the taliban claimed responsibility for that one and in iraq this week in the country's leaders are supposed to decide whether or not they'll ask u.s. troops to stay be on the december withdrawal deadline the u.s. of course is offering...
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trying to you know focus on eastern afghanistan feeling that they have controlled the south there is now a vacuum who is in power who can the west rely upon no one and i've also heard and others have reported that he was responsible for perhaps starting to bring the taliban together with the united states to negotiate they killed a person who had all the information we do know that there's a power vacuum throughout all of southern afghanistan he who holds kandahar holds that country because in the one nine hundred eighty s. when i worked as a newspaper reporter in afghanistan there were negotiations between the dean the united states the soviet union pakistan pakistan does not want to watch from the sidelines when pakistan says that there should be direct negotiations between the united states and the taliban what it is also saying is that pakistan wants to be at the table also because don't forget most of your viewers know this the leadership of the taliban is not enough get to stand like al qaeda it is in pakistan it cannot operate there independently it has had institutional backi
trying to you know focus on eastern afghanistan feeling that they have controlled the south there is now a vacuum who is in power who can the west rely upon no one and i've also heard and others have reported that he was responsible for perhaps starting to bring the taliban together with the united states to negotiate they killed a person who had all the information we do know that there's a power vacuum throughout all of southern afghanistan he who holds kandahar holds that country because in...
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armed actions major from libya to afghanistan will have the basis for some backlash now whether that comes from a libyan group or more generally from an islamic who clytie is hostile to religion . is actually it can seem to have say you should remember that back in oklahoma city imagine ninety five one was a huge bomb and so do all the rest will. be left to my school work islamic terrorists and it turned out to work early christian. militia and. so with the proviso that we should got rule out other possibilities the most likely explanation is obviously always political involvement. and attack and the other is perhaps. the heart of an islamic. emirates in a way as are so hot action. in places like london paris. where i was told it's a terrorist attacks over the years even marry quite dramatic attack on a prime minister's office. or members of his political cost and you could. have such an effect. perhaps in a culture of norway literally very peaceful very quiet for a long time. i mean more importantly norwegians and violence and looting thousands of miles of her own country. doctor wi
armed actions major from libya to afghanistan will have the basis for some backlash now whether that comes from a libyan group or more generally from an islamic who clytie is hostile to religion . is actually it can seem to have say you should remember that back in oklahoma city imagine ninety five one was a huge bomb and so do all the rest will. be left to my school work islamic terrorists and it turned out to work early christian. militia and. so with the proviso that we should got rule out...
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intervention expert stephen lemmon says washington will wants to keep its grip on afghanistan because the raging war is lucrative. if. it grows it is. small security. shamika i.c.m. you wouldn't last five minutes the resistance in a vanity fair want to liberate the country don't take any opportunity they came here to target anything in a level. not only under one hundred thousand u.s. troops oh thirty or forty thousand other troops there are way over a hundred thousand private security contractors you never lose discussed in the major media so combine forces way tomorrow private security forces may go when it's a thing of police america always those wars not just to win them but to wage them because the profits are so great the war profiteers love these wars waged ten billion dollars we know of told they are already told every month besides the regular affairs appropriations for all of your fans operations this is money they are already going to the war profiteers. analysts also say the violence in afghanistan is being precipitated by local security forces which contain drug addicts a
intervention expert stephen lemmon says washington will wants to keep its grip on afghanistan because the raging war is lucrative. if. it grows it is. small security. shamika i.c.m. you wouldn't last five minutes the resistance in a vanity fair want to liberate the country don't take any opportunity they came here to target anything in a level. not only under one hundred thousand u.s. troops oh thirty or forty thousand other troops there are way over a hundred thousand private security...
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want to keep private armies on the ground in iraq and afghanistan. well i mean it's a good it's a good question for iraq i mean the troops are going from fifty thousand or you know just under fifty thousand right now to nothing basically you know by the end of the year and so this you know the embassy doesn't rely on the military for their security after two thousand and eleven for the military to do that they need to sign a new security agreement because this the u.s. forces have rules of engagement in iraq right now where they can defend themselves without getting prosecuted by the iraqi courts because of the security agreement that the iraqi government right now is trying to sign that either a new agreement which i doubt they'll do but they'll come up with some type of memorandum of agreement to have trainers in iraq in two thousand and twelve and beyond but those trainers and going to be authorized to protect you know security you know the embassy personnel the embassy has to make its own agreements with the g. eight it with the government of ira
want to keep private armies on the ground in iraq and afghanistan. well i mean it's a good it's a good question for iraq i mean the troops are going from fifty thousand or you know just under fifty thousand right now to nothing basically you know by the end of the year and so this you know the embassy doesn't rely on the military for their security after two thousand and eleven for the military to do that they need to sign a new security agreement because this the u.s. forces have rules of...
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plans to begin pulling troops out of afghanistan but there are declarations on the ground from afghan activists of military might that's left a different mark them all close enough to come by a completion democracy never come by military invasion democracy never by cluster bomb by white phosphorus by muscle car by bumping our wedding parties and didn't washington talk of winding down war in one country does not wind down talk of tackling the global terrorist threat as the focus seems to shift to neighbors should be refocusing resources on pakistan yemen somalia parts of north africa and other locations i've always believed pakistan is more central to what happens in afghanistan a change in the guard at the department of defense with robert gates retiring and former cia chief leon panetta getting sworn in signals this change of course to critics who know the difference between between him and robert gates and for afghanistan we now hear a presidential pledge to pull thirty three thousand troops out by september two thousand and twelve fully we're covering the surge i announced at west
plans to begin pulling troops out of afghanistan but there are declarations on the ground from afghan activists of military might that's left a different mark them all close enough to come by a completion democracy never come by military invasion democracy never by cluster bomb by white phosphorus by muscle car by bumping our wedding parties and didn't washington talk of winding down war in one country does not wind down talk of tackling the global terrorist threat as the focus seems to shift...
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recently announced afghanistan drawdown plan is being slammed by republicans they say withdrawing thirty three thousand troops by the end of next summer is too much of a military risk. to find out that the talk of change may just be a symbolic gesture as there's no end in sight to the u.s. presence in the country. the aftermath of a taliban attack in kabul. a luxury hotel frequented by foreigners earlier this year taliban gunmen wearing suicide vest storm a guest house used by u.n. staffers. last year another attack on hotels this is where your. examples are strewn through the near decade war familiar aftermath we have anybody paying down here in the south only now americans heard this declaration before news of the blast we're starting this drawdown from a position of strength about u.s. plans to begin pulling troops out of afghanistan but their declarations on the ground from afghan activists of military might that's not to different mark democracy never come by. democracy never come by minute democracy never comes by cluster bomb by white phosphorus by muscle car by bumping our weddin
recently announced afghanistan drawdown plan is being slammed by republicans they say withdrawing thirty three thousand troops by the end of next summer is too much of a military risk. to find out that the talk of change may just be a symbolic gesture as there's no end in sight to the u.s. presence in the country. the aftermath of a taliban attack in kabul. a luxury hotel frequented by foreigners earlier this year taliban gunmen wearing suicide vest storm a guest house used by u.n. staffers....
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in northern afghanistan the most powerful person in northern afghanistan yesterday somebody killed the most powerful person in southern afghanistan there is no clear afghan leader in the north and now in the far more important the all important south there is no leader the canadians are pulling out the americans feel that they now have pacified this area and want to focus on the east they have relied upon. as their person their their man on the ground there is no one there right now someone in time is going to have to come forward there is no person right now with the stature of wali karzai generally speaking to oxy very recently the former chief of the pakistani intelligence service said the only way to ensure peace in the region is for the u.s. to hold direct talks with the taliban really interested to get your views on they smell the death of one cause and now force washington. that's a very interesting point for pakistan to say that because in the one nine hundred eighty s. when i worked as a newspaper reporter in afghanistan there were negotiations between the dean of the united s
in northern afghanistan the most powerful person in northern afghanistan yesterday somebody killed the most powerful person in southern afghanistan there is no clear afghan leader in the north and now in the far more important the all important south there is no leader the canadians are pulling out the americans feel that they now have pacified this area and want to focus on the east they have relied upon. as their person their their man on the ground there is no one there right now someone in...
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now a suicide attack on a government compound in southern afghanistan has left at least nineteen dead and over thirty five injured while it follows a string of attacks of the killing of president karzai. comes as the u.s. withdraws its forces let's discuss this in more detail i with michael hsu former cia intelligence officer and a historian in washington d.c. many thoughts have been with us here at aussie now we've seen a string of deadly attacks in afghanistan as the u.s. news troops out of the country almost call forces there really going to be able to take over security. no there if this is it we're watching a charade unfold here in afghanistan the afghan army the afghan put national police force are never going to be able to control the country not just because there have been trained sufficiently but also because they're divided tribal we when we are gone when nato leaves they'll go back to their tribes and they'll fight each other again so the whole the whole house of cards will come down after the united states and its allies complete their their withdrawal but withdraw in def
now a suicide attack on a government compound in southern afghanistan has left at least nineteen dead and over thirty five injured while it follows a string of attacks of the killing of president karzai. comes as the u.s. withdraws its forces let's discuss this in more detail i with michael hsu former cia intelligence officer and a historian in washington d.c. many thoughts have been with us here at aussie now we've seen a string of deadly attacks in afghanistan as the u.s. news troops out of...
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as far as the withdrawal from afghanistan is concerned the picture is unclear so far it was said that the withdrawal would start and certain parameters for it had been set. thirty thousand troops by the end of the year but when i was in washington last september they were talking about the need to increase the military contingent in afghanistan exactly by thirty thousand now they're planning to return least thirty and so in fact nothing has changed i think the world community and you can disagree is beginning to consider the situation in afghanistan because several reasons behind the decision to military operation and the decision of the world community to interfere in the fans of this for the country. to put an end to the taliban rule to set up an interim administration and hold free elections. these tasks were supposed to be in six or twelve months but this september we'll see the tenth anniversary of that interference it's longer than world war two but the situation in afghanistan hasn't improved it's become even worse and. general petraeus for example is commanding the military op
as far as the withdrawal from afghanistan is concerned the picture is unclear so far it was said that the withdrawal would start and certain parameters for it had been set. thirty thousand troops by the end of the year but when i was in washington last september they were talking about the need to increase the military contingent in afghanistan exactly by thirty thousand now they're planning to return least thirty and so in fact nothing has changed i think the world community and you can...
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participating in the libyan and afghanistan war efforts as part of nato and just last winter there were dozens of islamic militants arrested throughout western europe in connection with with planned bombings police has told people to stay out of the city center to avoid using mobile phones the exits to the borders of norway was shot to meet italy after the flaws turned roads leading into and trains leading into the capital we're also halted now we've heard that soldiers are on the streets with machine guns police also and it's being called the worst attack since world war two perhaps the worst shooting spree in history he's trying to push our reporting right i want to we spoke to. an advisor to the apartment for security and conflict management at the norwegian institute of international affairs he says the far right ideology thought to have driven the attacker is widespread in the region society. be higher than the increasingly. intense and heated debate about immigration. both immigration is doing to no beach culture multiculturalism is really not the way to go forward to marginalize
participating in the libyan and afghanistan war efforts as part of nato and just last winter there were dozens of islamic militants arrested throughout western europe in connection with with planned bombings police has told people to stay out of the city center to avoid using mobile phones the exits to the borders of norway was shot to meet italy after the flaws turned roads leading into and trains leading into the capital we're also halted now we've heard that soldiers are on the streets with...
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defiance means as anger in afghanistan grows. plus and no conviction but no apology either a former guantanamo inmate lifts the lid on the prison that ruined his life in our exclusive interview in about ten minutes time. but thousands of their regions gathered in the center of oslo one monday for a candlelit vigil for the victims of twin attacks that left seventy six dead people health hours and candles to commemorate those massacred in the shooting at an island youth camp as well as the bombing of government buildings the man who has admitted the atrocities as been charged with terrorism at a close court hearing in ask though that he will be held in isolation for four weeks others brevik pleaded not guilty saying he wanted to save europe and send a strong signal against immigration he also claimed there were two more cells in the organization he belongs to investigative journalist tony gosling says police may have already been aware of it. it was interesting the police said they never come across him before the norwegian police
defiance means as anger in afghanistan grows. plus and no conviction but no apology either a former guantanamo inmate lifts the lid on the prison that ruined his life in our exclusive interview in about ten minutes time. but thousands of their regions gathered in the center of oslo one monday for a candlelit vigil for the victims of twin attacks that left seventy six dead people health hours and candles to commemorate those massacred in the shooting at an island youth camp as well as the...
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the company is due an even bigger role in afghanistan with the u.s. about to double its private army to replace departed troops meanwhile the un wants tighter control over a person aries to protect human rights rights are to stay and check younger ports it's more convenient for us to hard to use hard cards since their actions slipped under the radar. this iraqi man son nine year old allie khilnani was shot dead by private american war contractors four years ago this brain felt like a ground between life on the same day dozens of other innocent iraqis were shot by trigger happy u.s. professional killers a shoplifting which everyone if you see no one of blackwater the firm for whom the hired guns work has been punished for their massacre to other private american security companies were contracted to carry out interrogations at the notorious abu ghraib prison in iraq and name synonymous now with her retake human rights violations including porcher rape and murder the us supreme court recently threw out a lawsuit alleging abuse of prisoners by the contra
the company is due an even bigger role in afghanistan with the u.s. about to double its private army to replace departed troops meanwhile the un wants tighter control over a person aries to protect human rights rights are to stay and check younger ports it's more convenient for us to hard to use hard cards since their actions slipped under the radar. this iraqi man son nine year old allie khilnani was shot dead by private american war contractors four years ago this brain felt like a ground...